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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Households with a stay-at-home parent have fared the best during these closures; they already have the infrastructure in place for one designated adult to watch and set up home school for the children while the other parent continues work uninterrupted AND their expenses were already adjusted to one income.[/quote]

This seems stupidly obvious.[/quote]

All the SAHMs I know have cracked under the pressure of having school age kids home all day every day without any respite. No school. No classes on Saturday. A lot of alcohol themed posts on social media. [/quote]

:roll:  :lol: Drama-queens!

Yes, it is more work than usual because - everyone is home, weekly cleaning lady is not coming and no restaurants/delivery/take outs.  But, most of us have divvied up the work (not raising snowflakes here) and taken charge.  My kids and DH are working from home and they have not missed a beat because the kitchen and home is running well.  My house is still being cleaned top-to-bottom on the weekends when I do not cook. Kids are handling daily loads of laundry, folding and putting it away. On an average we do 3 loads of laundry daily. Our dishwasher is running 2-3 times a day. Lots of amazing food being cooked. Everyone is hitting the treadmill too.

It is hard when both parents are working, but, c'mon - it is the luxury and security of two incomes that most SAHMs do not have.  In normal circumstance, WOHMs are able to outsource many things.  These are extraordinary times.  Yes, it means that WOHMs may be more slammed right now, but they may have more financial ability to survive job loss etc.  I would never have become a SAHM if I did not have financial security. 
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Not this WOHM. Typical DCUM response that with two incomes, we can outsource cleaning etc. the only thing I outsource is childcare and that’s almost my entire salary.[/quote]

Yes. DCUM is topsy-turvy world.  There is a larger number of wealthy people here who will be able to withstand this. In my own middle class circle, HHI range from $150K - $450K.  I see a lot SAHMs in the higher end of this HHI. But, most of these women that I know, who have stayed at home as SAHMs even after their kids have become school-aged, have husbands in very cushy and secure jobs, they have a lot of financial cushion (living way below their means) and they are heavily insured. These are also  women who are highly educated and were in the workforce making a lot of money at one time.  Outside of DCUM and around the world, this is not the norm.  The norm is that women are economically vulnerable everywhere and SAHMs are invariably in a worse financial situation than a WOHM.  If all things are equal, being a WOHM is better for the financial health of the family.  But, all things are not equal. 
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